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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What orders did the doctors give Smith after his injury from the Prospect Avenue fire?
(a) Get extra sleep.
(b) Do not talk much or smoke for a few weeks.
(c) Do not talk at all.
(d) Do not work for a few weeks.

2. What caused the fire at Union Avenue, the first call Smith responded to after his return to work?
(a) Children playing with matches.
(b) Faulty wiring.
(c) Food burning on a stove.
(d) Arson.

3. Why did the Fire Department persist in holding parties for children who regularly harassed firefighters?
(a) They were trying to build bridges within the community.
(b) They were required to do so by the city officials.
(c) They hoped to make it easier to catch the pranksters.
(d) They were required to do so by neighborhood officials.

4. What did the ladder company do to get to the source of the smoke at the Charlotte Street fire?
(a) Ventilated the roof.
(b) Broke the windows.
(c) Ripped holes in the wall.
(d) Broke down all the doors inside.

5. Who did the firefighters encounter while bringing the hose up the stairs of the burning apartment building on Fox Street?
(a) An elderly man fleeing the building.
(b) Two young arsonists.
(c) A young child.
(d) The woman and two children who lived in the burning apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the three men sitting on Charlotte Street do when they saw the kid pull the false alarm in Chapter 3?

2. How does Smith describe the racial characteristics of Washingtonville?

3. What is the term Smith used to describe a challenging fire?

4. Why did Smith not want to leave the South Bronx?

5. What was the cause of the fire the men responded to at Union and 166th Street in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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